Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Acer Incorporated

20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 137 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

7
Hard (35%)
12
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only12 (60%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (30%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
5
Information Tech
25% of docket
6
Communications
30% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
5
Business / Other
25% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 1 74.1% +17.9%
WATKO, JULIE ANNE 1 75.0% +12.4%
MANDEVILLE, JASON M 1 55.4% +46.3%
AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 1 77.8% +11.3%
FATIMA, AYMAN 1 79.2% +20.0%
SAMPATH, GAYATHRI 1 77.7% +38.4%
CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 1 77.7% +13.8%
COLEMAN, RYAN L 1 55.7% +59.7%
SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID 1 83.7% +16.3%
KIM, YEWON 1 88.0% +11.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18769296 METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT KIM, YEWON

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19194010 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WATKO, JULIE ANNE 46d overdue
18769582 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CLEANING METHOD THEREOF AND DETERMINATION METHOD OF FAN STATUS DETERMINATION MODEL THEREOF COLEMAN, RYAN L 5d
19079092 TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY MANDEVILLE, JASON M 14d
18096767 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION BOX, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM BENNETT, STUART D 14d
19387684 CENTRIFUGAL HEAT DISSIPATION FAN DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
18799604 CIRCUIT BOARD AND SWITCH SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF FATIMA, AYMAN
18768021 METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID

Interview Candidates (10)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19194010 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WATKO, JULIE ANNE 46d overdue
18769582 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CLEANING METHOD THEREOF AND DETERMINATION METHOD OF FAN STATUS DETERMINATION MODEL THEREOF COLEMAN, RYAN L 5d
19079092 TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY MANDEVILLE, JASON M 14d
18815848 AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS USED FOR AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 50d
19387684 CENTRIFUGAL HEAT DISSIPATION FAN DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
18799604 CIRCUIT BOARD AND SWITCH SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF FATIMA, AYMAN
18786620 HARDWARE PARAMETER SETTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SAMPATH, GAYATHRI
18777598 KEY STRUCTURE OF KEYBOARD CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2411 2
3745 1
2627 1
2623 1
2693 1
2176 1
1714 1
2841 1
1781 1
2621 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19387684 CENTRIFUGAL HEAT DISSIPATION FAN DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2025
19194010 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING EFFECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WATKO, JULIE ANNE 2627 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2025
19079092 TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY MANDEVILLE, JASON M 2623 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 13, 2025
18815848 AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS USED FOR AUDIO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 2693 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Aug 27, 2024
18799604 CIRCUIT BOARD AND SWITCH SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF FATIMA, AYMAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18786620 HARDWARE PARAMETER SETTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SAMPATH, GAYATHRI 2176 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2024
18777598 KEY STRUCTURE OF KEYBOARD CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18769582 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CLEANING METHOD THEREOF AND DETERMINATION METHOD OF FAN STATUS DETERMINATION MODEL THEREOF COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18768021 METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18769296 METHOD FOR SETTING SUBBAND FULL DUPLEX RESOURCE AND USER EQUIPMENT KIM, YEWON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18747594 LAPTOP COMPUTER MILLISER, THERON S 2841 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 19, 2024
18739647 USER EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18582234 LAMINATED COMPOSITE COMPONENT ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18524732 SMART CHARGING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME MCDANIEL, TYNESE V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18515276 ILLUMINATED TOUCHPAD JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18360823 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD SHUI, MING 2663 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18302797 METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEPTION OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL AND TRANSMISSION OF PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL PARK, JUNG H 2411 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18302000 TRANSMISSION DIRECTION SETTING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK DEVICE BEHARRY, NOEL R 2416 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18096767 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION BOX, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM BENNETT, STUART D 2481 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18073579 3D FORMAT IMAGE DETECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME METHOD ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN 2677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 02, 2022

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